Railway-gate



(ModeL) J. J. ROYER.

RAILWAY GATE.

No. 351128. Patented Oct. 19, 1888.

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' JACOB J. ROYER, OF PATRICKSBURG, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL FUNK,OF BOWVLING GREEN, INDIANA.

RAILWAY-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,128, dated October19, 1886.

Application filed June 10, 1886. Serial No. 204,716. (Mullet) which forma part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of railway-gates which stand acrossthe track, and which are automatically lowered by an approaching train,and then automatically resume their normal elevated position.

More specifically, the gate in this invention is one of that class whichhas a cross-bar rotatively mounted beneath the rails, to whichvertically-extending pickets are secured; and the bar is turned to lowerthe pickets by connection with rods which run parallel with and insidethe rails, and are acted upon by the flanges of the car-wheels.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the partswhich co-operate to raise and lower the gates, as will be hereinalterset forth in connection with the description of theaccompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a railway 1track provided with the improve ments. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section in a plane indicated by the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, showingthe gate raised. Fig. 3 is asimila-r section showing the gate lowered,and Fig. 4is a longitudinal section. in a plane indicated by the line 44. 1

A A are the track-rails, and B B the crossties. At the place where thegate is to be lo cated the track-bed between two ties is cut away andsuitably boxed to admit the cross bar 0 of the gate to be placed beneaththe rails. This bar is rotatively mounted in bearjug-pieces D D, securedto the cross-ties on either side of the track. To the bar 0 are securedthe gate-pickets E E. The gatc'bar is normally held in proper positionto cause the pickets to assume a vertical position by means of a strongspring, F, secured at one end, and

pressing at its free end upon a stop, c, carried by the gate-bar.

Between the rails A A is fixed a bracket, G,

to which is fulcrumed a lever, H, of the first 5 class. One end of thislever is connected to the bar 0 by means of an eye, 8, through whichpasses a circular arm fixed to the bar, which arm may be the same as thestop a, and

the other or inner end, in, of the lever, which 6 extends midway betweenthe rails, is connected to the operating-rods I I. There are two ofthese operating-rods, one 011 each side ofthe gate. They are locatedbetween and adjacent to the rails, one being alongside of one rail 6 andthe other alongside the other rail. Each of these rods has a horizontalportion, b,whieh is parallel with the rail, and located in a planesubstantially that of the tread-surface of the rail. This portion 1) isof sufficient length to 70 ond horizontal portion, 9, of the rod Iextends s just above the surface of the ties from the pivot (I nearly tothe lever H. The end of this section 9, which is a continuation of theimaginary axis passing from pivot d to pivot f, is bent to constitute acrank, h, having a $5 crankpin, 1;, which extends through an aperture inthe end in of lever H. The two rods I I are substantiallyalike. Onlyone, how ever, has the horizontal portion nan1ely,

the one toward which the gate turnsand 0 while one has a crank-pin, t,on the crank h, the crank h of the other rod has an elongated slot oreye, 0, which embraces the crank-pin.

The operation of the l'llGOllZtlllSlll is as follows: .WVhen a trainapproaches, the flange of 5:

the first wheel enters between the downwardly and inwardly curved end 0of the rod I and the rail. On the further advance of the train theflange of the wheel encounters the body b of the rod I and moves itinward, the piv 10o ots d andf permitting the movement. This turning ofthe rod turns the cranks h h down- Near the gate the 75 ward, thusdepressing the inner end, m, of le ver H, and consequently lifting theouter end thereof, which is connected with the gatebar. This upwardmovement of the outer end of the lever acting upon the arm a lifts thearm, and so turns the cross-bar on its axis, thus lowering the picketsout of the way of the train. The circular shape of the arm a permits thebar to turn under the action of the lever. The downward movement of theend n of the lever H turns the rod I on the other side of the gateinward away from its rail, and it is held in that position by thewheelflanges until the last car has passed. WVhen the last car haspassed, the spring F restores the parts to their normal position.

The long section b of the rods I I may be supported by links H, pivotedto the crossties in line with the pivots d f.

I claim as my invention- 1. A railway-gate bar rotatively mountedcrosswise of the railway-track and beneath the rails, means for holdingthe gate-bar normally in position to interpose the gate across thetrack, andalever pivoted between the rails and connected at one end tothe gate-bar, in combination with operating-rods pivoted on either sideof the gate within the rails, said rods having sections parallel withand adjacent to the rails, and in substantially the same plane as thetread-surface of the rails, and a crank on the end of each rod next thegate connected to the inner end of said lever, substantially as setforth.

2. A railway-gate bar rotatively mounted crosswise of the track andbeneath the rails,-

and a curved arm, a, secured to said gate-bar in a plane at right anglesto the bar, in combination with an operating-lever pivoted between therails in a plane substantially parallel with the gatebar, saidlever'having an eye which is engaged by said curved arm, substantiallyas set forth.

3. A railway-gate bar and an operating lever connected thereto at itsouter end, said lever having an aperture in its inner end, incombination with two rods acted upon by the flanges of the carawheels,said rods having cranks, one of said cranks having a crank pin passingthrough said aperture in said le ver, and the other crank having anelongated slot which embraces said crank-pin, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I JACOB J. BUYER.

, Witnesses:

WILLIAM ROYER, J oHN' WEEBER.

